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Building Democratic Local Governance in Nigeria: The Imperatives
Building Democratic Local Governance in Nigeria: The Imperatives By Adebayo Olukoshi, UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Dakar, Senegal. Abridged Lecture Delivered at the Wole Soyinka Centre, Lagos, 13 July, 2011 as part of Activities to Commemorate the 77th Birthday of Professor Wole Soyinka I feel highly honoured to be a speaker on this occasion of the 77th birthday of one of Professor Wole Soyinka and on the platform of the Soyinka Centre that is devoted to the worthy … Read entire article »
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Building Democratic Local Governance in Nigeria: The Imperatives
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Participatory Democracy and Political Accountability
Participatory Democracy and Political Accountability BY ABUBAKAR MOMOH DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY LAGOS Introduction It should be stated that local governance had existed prior to colonial rule inNigeria. The local people, called the native by the … Read more »
Narrating the Nigeria Story: The Challenge for Journalism
I count it a great honour to have been judged worthy of presenting this Lecture to mark … Read more »
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Narrating the Nigeria Story: The Challenge for Journalism
I count it a great honour to have been judged worthy of presenting this Lecture to mark … Read more »
Building Democratic Local Governance in Nigeria: The Imperatives
Building Democratic Local Governance in Nigeria: The Imperatives By Adebayo Olukoshi, UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Dakar, Senegal. Abridged … Read more »
Participatory Democracy and Political Accountability
Participatory Democracy and Political Accountability BY ABUBAKAR MOMOH DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY LAGOS Introduction It should be stated that local governance had existed prior to colonial rule inNigeria. The local people, called the native by the … Read more »
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Participatory Democracy and Political Accountability
Participatory Democracy and Political Accountability BY ABUBAKAR MOMOH DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY LAGOS Introduction It should be stated that local governance had existed prior to colonial rule inNigeria. The local people, called the native by the British colonial masters, ruled themselves in ways that were strange, unknown and unacceptable to the colonial masters, through their locally constructed institutions, mediated by culture, tradition, religion and values. As a result of this the colonial masters called the African peoples natives, to distinguish them from settlers-who were the white people. This was how they created the Native Authority (NA) system, as a form of governance of the natives with the Chiefs, Hakimis, and Kings (Emirs, Sultan and so on) at the top … Read entire article »
Narrating the Nigeria Story: The Challenge for Journalism
I count it a great honour to have been judged worthy of presenting this Lecture to mark the 75th birthday anniversary of our illustrious and most distinguished compatriot, Professor Wole Soyinka. He has been such a constant presence in our national life and our consciousness that we hardly noticed the passage of time in a life so rich in interest and … Read entire article »